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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

July 11, 2012Candler County, Evans County, Jenkins County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2012, 5:25 PM EDT for Candler County, Evans County, Jenkins County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2012, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC

Counties Candler County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2012-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2022 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2012-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2022 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 11, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 12:42 PM EDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1242 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>052-121645-
CHARLESTON HARBOR-
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING
GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-
INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-
INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-
INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
TIDAL BERKELEY-
1242 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012

...SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL
WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING...A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH...ALTHOUGH HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER COULD ALSO
OCCUR.

CHECK FREQUENTLY WITH NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR OTHER
MEDIA OUTLETS TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING POSSIBLE WATCHES
AND WARNINGS INCLUDING POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 11, 4:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:25 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 12:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS57 min
Jul 11, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSChatham44 min
Jul 11, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham50 min
Jul 11, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBryan40 min
Jul 11, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham29 min
Jul 11, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEvans51 min
Jul 11, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSScreven40 min
Jul 11, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSScreven67 min
Jul 11, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCandler, Jenkins47 min
Jul 10, 8:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton27 min
Jul 10, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSAllendale24 min
Jul 10, 9:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSAllendale24 min
Jul 11, 12:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSCharleston59 min
Jul 11, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston24 min
Jul 11, 12:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston62 min
Jul 11, 1:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBerkeley, Charleston87 min
Jul 11, 1:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston2 hr
Jul 11, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBeaufort39 min
Jul 11, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley56 min
Jul 11, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBeaufort, Jasper31 min
Jul 11, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSJasper29 min
Jul 11, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston33 min
Jul 11, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSHampton27 min
Jul 11, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley42 min
Jul 11, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSCharleston, Colleton, Dorchester51 min
Jul 11, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton52 min
Jul 11, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSHampton31 min
Jul 11, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton40 min
Jul 11, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSDorchester46 min
Jul 11, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSColleton58 min
Jul 11, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Colleton, Dorchester41 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.